Fruit-jar



C. U. HIATT.

' (No Model.)

FRUIT JAR.

Patented Mar. 22,1898.

NI TED STATES PATENT,

OFFICE.

CHRISTOPHER C. HIATT, OF WINCHESTER, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF 'TO JOHN W. SMITH, OF RIDGEVILLE, INDIANA.

FRU IT-JAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent N0. 600,965, dated March 22, 1898.

Application filed July 12, 1897. Serial No. 644,288. (No model.)

'To all whom it may concern:

ple, cheap, and efficient fastening device by means of which the cover will be securely fas tened in position, and which fastening device may be easily and quickly placed in position on the jar or removed therefrom.

The invention consists in certain details of construction of the fruit-jar, its cover, and the fastening devices, as will be fully described hereinafter, and by means of which the several parts cooperate to effect the desired object.

. the cover and clamp being removed.

Similar reference-numerals indicate similar parts in the several figures.

1 indicates the fruit-jar,which may be provided with the usual vertical annular flange 2, over which the cover 3 is adapted to fit, a rubber ring at being inserted between the meeting edges of the cover and the jar in the usual manner. The jar is provided with a horizontally-disposed recess 5, formed in the upper end on its breast portion,which extends half-way around the jar. From the ends of this recess 5 the vertical recesses 6 lead to they upper end of the jar. The cover 3 is also provided with two recesses7 at diametrically opposite points, and these recesses are adapted to register with the vertical recesses 6 in the jar when the cover is in its proper position on the jar.

The clamp consists of a piece of wire bent to form a semicircular loop 8 to seat in the recess 5. The ends of the Wire are bent upwardly to form vertical arms 9, which are adapted to seat in the recesses 6 and 7 and then again bent to form the horizontal arms 10, which are of sufficient length to overlap each other, and these arms have their ends bent to form oppositely-disposed hooks 11.

The clamping-lever is indicated by 12 and consists of a metal plate having near one end two openings 13, disposed diagonally or eccentrically to each other, and these openings receive the hooked ends 11 of the arms 10, which hooks serve as pivots on which the lever can turn. The free end of the lever is provided with an upwardly-projecting.flange 14 to form a finger-piece, by means of which the lever may be operated. This end of the lever is also provided with a downwardly-extending flange adapted to engage one of the horizontal arms of the clamp and is for the purpose of locking the lever in its closed position. Preferably the recesses 5, 6, and 7 Will be square-shouldered on one side to afiord a secure bearing for the Wire clamp, and the square shoulders of the recesses 6 and 7 will oppose each other and the vertical arms 9 will seat between them, and in this manner the clamp will be preventedv from accidentally moving from its seat in either direction. When the cover is in position onthe jar, the wire clamp in its open position, as indicated in Fig. 4, can be moved sidewise into position to seat its loop in the recess 5 and its vertical arms in the recesses 6 and 7, and the horizontal arms 10 will extend across the top of the cover. The lever will then be operated, and the ends of the arms 10 will be moved in opposite directions toward each other and caused to overlap, and this movement will force them down into tight contact with the cover and securely hold the latter in position, and when the locking-flange 15 is forced down to engage the arm 10 the lever will be securely locked in position. To remove the cover, the lever is lifted to disengage the flange 15 from the arm 10, and the tension of the clamp will then return the lever to the position indicated in Fig. a, when the clamp and cover may be easily removed from the jar.

By forming the recesses 5 and 0 in the jar I avoid the use of projecting parts, which are liable to be broken oil, and the jar will present a more uniform and smooth appearance exteriorly.

It will be understood that changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is- 1. The combination with a jar having a horizontally-disposed recess formed in the upper end of its breast portion and extending partially around it, the other portion of the breast forming an unbroken surface, and oppositelydisposed vertical recesses leading from the ends of the horizontal recess, of a cover, a wire clamp seated in said recesses and having horizontal arms extending across the cover, and a locking-lever eccentrically connected to the ends of said arms, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a jar having a square-shouldered horizont-ally-disposed recess formed in and extending partially around the upper end of its breast portion, the other portion of said breast forming an unbroken surface and oppositely-disposed square-shouldered vertical recesses leading from the ends of the horizontal recess to the top of the jar, of a cover having square-shouldered vertical recesses to register with the vertical recesses in the jar, a wire clamp seated in said recesses and having horizontal arms extending across the cover, and a locking-lever eccentrically connected to the ends of said arms, substantially as described.

3. The combination with a jar having a horizontally disposed recess formed in its breast portion near the upper end thereof and extending partially around it, the other portion of said breast forming an unbroken surface and oppositely'disposed vertical recesses leading from the ends of the horizontal recess to the top of the jar, of a cover having vertical recesses to register with the vertical recesses in the jar, a clamp having a semicircular loop to seat in said horizontal recess, vertical arms to seat in said vertical recesses, and horizontal arms to extend across the top of the cover, and a locking-lever eceentrically pivoted to the ends of the horizontal arms, substantially as described.

t. The combination with a jar having a horizontally-disposed recess near its upper end, and oppositely-disposed vertical recesses leading therefrom, of a cover, a wire clamp seated in said recesses and having horizontal arms extending across the cover, the ends of said arms being hooked, a locking-lever having eccentrieallydisposed openings near one end to receive the hooked ends of said arms, and a downwz'u'dly-extending flange at its other end to engage one of said arms to lock the lever in closed position, substantially as described.

5. The combination with a jar having a horizontally-disposed recess near its upper end extending partially around it and oppositely-disposed vertical recesses leading from the ends of the horizontal recess, of a cover having vertical recesses to register with the vertical recesses in the jar, a wire clamp removably seated in said recesses and having horizontal arms extending across the cover, and a locking-lever eccentrically pivoted to the ends of the said arms and provided with a finger-piece, and also with a downwardlyextending flange to engage one of said arms, substantially as described.

6. A clamp forjar-covers comprising a piece of wire bent to form a horizontally-disposed curved portion to be supported on the jar, vertically-disposed arms leading up from the end of the curved portion, and horizontallydisposed arms to extend across the top of the cover, a locking-lever to which the ends of the horizontally-disposed arms are eccentrically pivoted on vertical axes, and a flange on the lever to engage one of the horizontal arms and hold the lever in its locked position, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CHRISTOPHER C. HIATT.

Vitnesses:

DAVID B. STRAHAN, ISAAC SIPE. 

